The various use districts which are created and outlined in this chapter and sections of this Code are adopted for the purpose among others of:

1.   Carrying out the Comprehensive Plan for the development of the City;

2.   Promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare;

3.   Helping to achieve greater efficiency and economy of land development by promoting the grouping of those activities which have similar needs and are compatible;

4.   To accommodate change while insuring the continuation of the City’s historical character, identity, diversity, and authenticity;

5.   Encouraging such distribution of population, classification of land use, and distribution of land development that will tend to facilitate adequate and economic provision of transportation, communication, water supply, drainage, sanitation, education, recreation, and other public requirements;

6.   Defining and limiting the powers and duties of the Building and Zoning Enforcement Officer and bodies as provided herein;

7.   Classifying, regulating, and limiting the height, area, bulk, and use of land, buildings, and premises hereafter to be erected.